“In the past two years we have really come together and jelled, and our players and coaching staff have come together at a better level,” Pridham said. “There is a positive change in the connection that has been built over the past two years. The chemistry and togetherness between the players and the coaching staff really pushed the team to the next level this year.”

“The atmosphere was excellent, just excellent,” food science freshman John Vollmer said. “It was exactly what I wanted to see in a sporting event live and exactly how the college soccer culture should be.”

The event, You+Media=The Future, allowed students to pitch ideas to a panel of judges in the hopes that their idea would not only win them a $1,000 cash prize, but the opportunity to fly to Chicago for a national elevator pitch competition.